(May 23, 2026 / JNS) A lawyer for anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil pledged to appeal to the US Supreme Court after an appeals court rejected on Friday a bid to overturn the decision of the Trump administration to deport his client from the country.
The Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals decided to leave in place a ruling stating that a district judge lacked jurisdiction to release Khalil from detention last year, Reuters reported.
The 31-year-old Columbia University graduate was first arrested in March 2025 at his apartment in New York City, for his part in organizing disruptive protests at the school.
US District Court Judge Michael Farbiarz in
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